Happy Friday!! Hope you are all safe and well and have been enjoying the different learning activities provided by Mrs Hillan and Mrs Lockhart. Today is International Families Day and whilst we can’t spend time with our extended families at the moment, I thought it would be a good opportunity to spend quality time with the grown ups in your house. Maybe you could go on a walk together, watch a movie or play a board game. The Morrison family like to play frustration and it can get quite competitive!!
Maths
This week we are going to explore the different units of weight. Can you think why this is important to learn and which jobs would use measurements such as kg and g? Read the powerpoint that explains different units of weight and I have attached a challenge sheet, where you could bake something at home and record the different units of weights used. Enjoy!!
We are going to explore food webs and how they can show the link between different food chains. Watch the following clip and then I have attached instructions on how to make a food web mobile. Have fun!!
I hope you are all managing to keep fit and well during your time at home. Remember there are lots of different ways to keep fit such a walking, running, yoga and going for a bike ride. I hope you have managed to complete your fitness diary challenge that I posted a few weeks ago. If you can, please send a copy of your fitness record to the school email and I will access them from there.
Have a great weekend and I will check in with you all next Friday!
Good Morning everyone! Happy Friday! Here are some learning activities to finish off your week along with your learning packs. Remember to complete the wellbeing slogan competition which was emailed to you on Wednesday and send your designs to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk!
Spelling
Here are your phonics videos for the week! Follow the link for your group and see if you can spot any of your spelling words!
Green, Purple & Pink
Yellow
Blue
Numeracy
Yesterday, we worked on finding half of numbers. How did you work it out? Remember, a half means splitting an object into 2 equal parts. Today, I would like you to use the same resources as yesterday, but this time you are going to try and find a quarter of the numbers below. Can you remember how many equal parts you need to split an object into to find a quarter?
4
8
12
16
20
Discuss your strategies with someone at home. How many equal groups did you split the numbers into?
Reflections
It’s reflection day! Use the template to reflect on your week of learning. Once you have finished your reflections, think about all the things you have learned in the past 3 weeks. Have you noticed progress in your learning? Maybe you are more confident with number work, you have learned a new sound or maybe your handwriting has improved? Think of at least 2 improvements you have made and share this with your family members!
I hope you all enjoy your long weekend – remember Monday is a holiday! I will be back on Tuesday with some more learning activities to go alongside your learning packs. Have a great weekend and stay safe everyone!
Reminder- a weekly West Lothian Sumdog maths contest starts today at 8am. You just play as normal. If you answer 100 questions you will receive an item for your Sumdog House.
Smart Start – Free Write-Free Choice or you could watch this short video about the tooth fairy on lockdown to give you some ideas!:https://vimeo.com/visiblefictions
Chat will go back on about 10:00 am.
Design and Technology -Go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4bnf4j – read the information and watch the videos then complete activity 2 ONLY-the worksheet that will help you with this is here: Design and Technology
After Break
Health
Say something positive to everyone in your household today.
Brainbreak-We are all having a difficult time now so why not turn up this song and jig about for a brainbreak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioE_O7Lm0I4 >I think your parents will recognise it……listen to the lyrics. Perfect music for a Joe Wicks work-out!
(You might be interested in this podcast about Bletchley Park-it is 52 minutes long -people talk about their memories there.) https://bletchleypark.org.uk/news/podcast-47-no-sleep-on-ve-day
2. Before we started this topic when we completed our pre-topic brainstorm you asked to learn about the role of animals in WW2. Check out this Powerpoint with activities at the end. Wojtek-soldier-bear-powerpoint
You might be interested in this wartime recipe Honey Cakes-you do not need to answer the comprehension questions unless you want to but maybe with help some of you might be able to make these cakes at home!
Before you go-Google Arts & Culture’s ‘Hidden Worlds of National Parks’ allows you to go on five separate voice-guided tours (each lasting about half an hour) where you can kayak through icebergs, fly over an active volcano, trek through a cave, and swim through the third-largest coral reef in the world…https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/parks
Spearheaded by The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the National Portrait Gallery, Hold Still, a portrait of our nation in 2020, is an ambitious community project to create a unique photographic portrait which captures the spirit, mood, hopes, fears and feelings of the nation as we continue to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak.
Whilst many people’s lives are on hold to help protect our helpers and heroes, there are some that are working harder than ever, and others that are enduring the upheaval of hardship and loss. Hold Still will capture a snapshot of the people of the UK at this time, creating a collective portrait of our nation which will reflect resilience and bravery, humour and sadness, creativity and kindness, human tragedy and hope as we hold still for the good of others, and celebrate those who have continued so we can stay safe.
The Duchess and the National Portrait Gallery invite you to submit your own photographic portrait, taken during these extraordinary times, which responds to one of the following themes:
Helpers and Heroes
Your New Normal
Acts of Kindness
One hundred shortlisted portraits will feature in a virtual exhibition on the Gallery’s website and a selection of images will also be shown across the UK later in the year.
The project is completely free and open to all ages and abilities. Images must involve people, and can be captured on phones or cameras. Each image will be assessed on the emotion and experience it conveys rather than its photographic quality or technical expertise. The closing date for submissions is the 18 June 2020.
I love taking photos, and maybe you already have that special portrait of someone in your family or a selfie, that captures this moment in time?
Have you heard the story “The huge bag of worries” ?
I like it because it reminds us that lots of people have worries and the more you think about them and carry them around in your mind, it is like carrying a bag that gets heavier and heavier until it’s just too much to carry!
Watch the video to find out what to do if you feel this way too!
This is a nice idea you might like to try – to doodle away your worries!
Good Morning everyone! I hope you all found Wellbeing Wednesday fantastic – I know I did! You should now have your week 6 pack of learning at home. Here are some activities to go along with your new pack.
Numeracy
As we are focusing on fractions this week, here is a fraction challenge all about numbers. Please use concrete materials around your home to help you should you need them – you could use stones, pencils, sweets or any other objects you may have! Your challenge is to find half of the numbers below:
2
4
6
8
10
What strategy did you use to find half of the numbers? How many groups did you have to split the numbers into to find a half? Discuss these questions with someone at home.
Art
This week, we are going to think about our heroes. A hero doesn’t always need to be someone famous or a superhero from a film, it could be someone a lot closer to you. Maybe even someone in your family! Here are some super fun art activities all about heroes!
Make a mask! Use any card that you can get your hands on. Cereal boxes, egg box lids, delivery packages… anything with a bit of weight works really well! Make a hole. Tie it together with string, laces, wool… and have fun decorating!
Arm cuffs! Leftover loo rolls make excellent superhero arm cuffs!
A Cape (of course!) What could you use for a cape? A towel, a pillow-case, an apron, a coat worn by the hood?
Superhero training! Every hero needs to practice their skills to stay on their game. Set up a DIY obstacle course in your garden or living room.
Talk about your heroes. You can use this opportunity to talk about the real heroes who make a difference in your world everyday … remember, not all superheroes wear capes!
Writing
Staying with the theme of heroes, this week we are going to create a character profile all about our very own superhero! Your superhero can be anyone you want them to be! Use the template below to draw your superhero first and then write 3+ sentences all about your superhero! Have a think about the following things and use them to help draw and write about your hero.
What is their name?
What is their power?
What do they look like?
Do they have any accessories (e.g. a shield or a wand)?
What does their voice sound like?
What is their job as a hero (e.g. to fight crime or to save animals)?
Special Activity
Today Blair Drummond Safari Park are going live on Facebook to give everyone a talk all about tigers! Follow the link for the live talk at 12pm and see if you can make notes about any interesting facts you find out! Remember you can use bullet points when making notes!
https://facebook.com/events/s/tigers-live-at-blair-drummond-/982673665463630/?ti=icl
Hello boys and girls, I hope everyone has had a good week and you are ready for Thursday’s home learning tasks. I hope you enjoyed Wellbeing Wednesday and got involved in the wellbeing slogan competition. Good luck!
I thought we might start today with a dance workout.
R.E.
For the next wee while in our religious studies we are going to look at celebrations and festivals. We are going to focus today on an important Christian celebration. We have talked about it before, it is a Christening. Watch the powerpoint to remind us.
This week we are going to have another wee look at nouns. I know you have been adding adjectives into your writing work so this should be straightforward. If you want to remind yourself about them have a look at this youtube clip (it is a bit American but it’s a good reminder about nouns).
Now complete the friendship worksheet. Choose the things you like best in a friend and glue them in the spaces. Try to make the outline look like your friend.
Good Morning boys and girls, I hope you are all ready for Thursday’s home learning tasks. Did you enjoy the tasks for Wellbeing Wednesday? Mrs Stewart would like to remind you to either send your entries for the motivational slogan to either the school email address or else you can simple tweet it @deansPrimary with the #DreamBigAtDeans – I can’t wait to see all your fantastic efforts!!
Reading
Let’s start with a reading activity for this week’s book – ‘Leek Hotpot’ – you can access this book through oxford owls ebooks, usernamedeans12passwordmrsstevenson
Re- read the book with the help of an adult. You can choose to either, select an activity from your guided reading grid or choose the activity below…
Complete the sentences so they make sense, you can use the story book to help you. Remember to read the sentence after to check it makes sense.
__________ and ___________ had a cookbook.
We ________ cook a ___________ hotpot.
They ________ lots of ___________.
_______need a ________ pot.
Then ______ put the ________ on ______ hob.
Finally, have a go at the game ‘Machine’ on ictgames.com – it will help you sounding out and identifying CVC words.
http://www.ictgames.com/machine.html
Writing
Mrs Anderson has very kindly provided some writing tasks for you to complete, there are copies in your home learning pack, alternatively here is today’s task below.
Write 2 or 3 sentences about what you are most looking forward to when you come back to school.
Learning Intention – We are learning to write sentences that tell the reader information.
Success Criteria –
I can write facts about what I have been doing at home.
I can use capital letters.
I can use finger spaces in between words.
I can use full stops at the end of my sentence.
I can draw a picture to go with my sentences
Numeracy and Maths
Daily Ten
For your daily ten today, let’s finish off practising adding on ten more before moving onto ten less.
We’ve not done this in a little while, so brush up on your subitising skills to shout out or write down how many dots are in the ten frame (without counting, if you can!). You have 3 seconds per ten frame.
Money
I have added a number of online games for you to try on Educationcity, you will find them in the Home learning section of our class area. They are….
Recognising coins
Splash out
Shelling out
Looking forward to seeing all of the work (pictures) from your money challenges. They really do make my day. Please ask an adult to email them into the school office.
wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Make sure to finish off all the money worksheets in your last home learning pack.
Ever heard the phrase ‘ Money doesn’t grow on trees’ ? …I certainly heard that a lot from my parents when I was little!!
Why not have a go at designing your own money tree. All you need is a selection of real coins, a piece of paper and some crayons or coloured pencils. Draw the blank tree outline (or have an adult help you..) and choose a selection of coins to make the leaves. Pop the coins under the paper in the place you would like the leaf to be and rub! Ta..da.. A money tree.. Here is a picture to give you some inspiration.
Don’t forget to look carefully at the coins as you are rubbing them, think about how much they are worth, their size and colour, their shape and finally you could even add up how much your money tree is worth when you are finished.. What could you buy? Is it enough for that new toy you have your eye on? Have a look online, what can you afford to buy if your money tree was real?
Enjoy!!
Story time
I have been enjoying reading some stories to Noah by the author Eric Carle, last week we all listened to the Hungry Caterpillar. This week I thought I would share with you another favourite, the story of ‘The Very Busy Spider’. So grab some milk or your water bottle and let’s pretend it’s story time in class!
I don’t know about you, but I used to be quite scared of spiders. I’ve come to realise that they are not scary at all, in fact they are extremely useful little creatures. You will see lots of webs around your garden just now. They are fascinating and must take a spider so long to build! Amazing!! Why don’t you go on a spider web hunt and see how many you can find. You could even have a go at drawing your own complicated spider’s web or finding out why spiders are so useful.
I’ve added a link below to guide you how to draw your own spider. Have fun!
Parents/Carers – Below is a link to the School Meals annual survey, it would be very much appreciated if you haven’t already filled it out to do so. Many Thanks!
https://www.esurveycreator.com/s/890ff1b
That’s it for today boys and girls, I hope you have enjoyed all of your home learning tasks. Mrs Lockhart will be adding some tasks on here tomorrow for you to complete! Have a great weekend and hopefully the sun will shine. See you Tuesday on the blog (don’t forget Monday is a Holiday!)
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